we will have more when the polls close at 7:00. it's here all night tomorrow. good evening, everyone. tonight, breaking news, one of the tsa officers wounded at l.a.x. describes the rampage that killed one of his colleagues that killed a friend. and later, what michelle knight endured year after year. she is finally telling her story to dr. phil later tonight. plus reports of bullying from the miami dolphins and not from the team, but one of the players. we begin with breaking news. a tsa officer wounded in friday's rampage at los angeles international airport is telling his story for the first time just moments ago. tony grigsby, 36 years old, his colleague, james speer was also shot. his colleague, gerardo hernandez was also shot and killed.

tony griggsby spoke. >> before i share my experience, for a moment, let me take a minute to express the sadness if feel from my heart over the loss of my friend who was killed in the line of duty, gerardo hernandez. only now it has hit me that i will never see him again. he was a wonderful person. and a friend, and i will miss him. i send my condolences to his family. last time i talked to him, we joked about going on vacation to mexico and what should i do, where i should not go? i talked to him a lot. he was very dear friend to me, i used to talk to him a lot at terminal three.

i was injured while helping an elderly man trying to get to a safe area. i turned around and there was a gunman that shot me twice. i was shot in the foot. after i was shot, i got to the area where the planes were at. and people were coming towards me and asking me, were you shot and what is going on. and i was like -- i couldn't -- all i could think about was you know, helping them like, you know. i may be injured right now, but the concern is really to take care of you. we don't know where the gunman is at. so i like to make sure people are safe first, don't worry about me. so that is my story. thank you for giving me a chance to tell a little bit what happened to me. thank you. >> a ver decent guy.

in a moment, you're going to hear another story, all the developments on the situation today. for that, kyung lah. >> reporter: you saw how that was very difficult for him. this is a big strong guy, when i spoke to her grandmother, she said her grandson is in pain, that is going to be a long recovery process for him and the other victims. meanwhile, we are learning more from law enforcement, especially about some excruciating, missed details. when paul ciancia woke up on friday morning, he quickly put his violent plan into action. his first move, according to a woman who knows the gunman and his roommates, was to get to the airport. she asked not to be identified. >> that morning, he doesn't knock, just opens the door, says, i need to leave. can you take me now? >> reporter: one of ciancia's roommates drive him to l.a.x. it is then believed that ciancia texted his brother in new jersey. police say the texts were

suicidal. ciancia's father called the lapd. they asked them to check on him. >> the call came in at 10:06 to the communications dispatch center. the officers were at the scene in the driveway in about six minutes. >> reporter: ciancia was not there, he had about six minutes earlier already started his rampage at terminal three. >> we weren't putting two and two together at that time. >> reporter: his father also called the local police chief in new jersey. chief alan cummings then called the lapd, and was told the officers had just cleared ciancia's apartment because he was not there. the next call was from a reporter who told him paul ciancia was the gunman. >> i put the phone down and basically said, oh, my god. i couldn't believe it. i was in shock. >> reporter: seconds later, ciancia's father saw the tv coverage and called him. >> he said, am i seeing this on

tv? is this my son in the shooting at the airport? it was an emotional wreck, can you imagine seeing somebody on tv and something like that. i think he was just in shock. he was very upset. >> reporter: the fbi says ciancia planned this, carried five loaded magazines and wrote a note that showed he targeted tsa officers. officer gerardo hernandez, a father of two, just happened to be stationed in the area when ciancia drew his 22 caliber semiautomatic rifle. the officer said ciancia shot him once, went up the escalator turned around and shot him again. horror in the area, that the timing was so wrong. >> what if we could have stopped that and the officers appeared at the residence to do a well-being check on him and he had not left yet.

it would have been a phenomenal thing if we could have stopped that. >> it is an extraordinarily frustrating thing, there is probably not an officer in the country that doesn't wish they could have gone there and stopped him at the house before he did the terrible things. >> they came so close. kim, the police chief in new jersey knew the family for a long time and essentially saw the gunman grow up. did he tell you anything about him? >> reporter: well, he says this is a good family, a very tight-knit family, a family you may see anywhere in middle america. and he says it is simply shocking that it happened to these parents. parents who put their kids in the best private school they could afford, and these kids who never got in trouble. he never came across these kids, especially, the gunman, they were just always assumed to do the right thing in town. >> and coming up, former scout and current l.a. area high school leader, brian ludmer, seen there on the left is recovering from a very serious leg wound. the fact he was near a pair of tsa officers probably made him a

target. the fact he knew how to apply a tourniquet, that may have saved his life. dan stephanopoulos is visiting us now. dan, you visited brian in the hospital yesterday, how is he doing? >> i saw him yesterday morning, he is doing very well, anderson. his spirits are up. he is a positive guy. he has got a long road ahead of him but has a lot of love and support around him. >> i know you guys spoke extensively about the shooting. what did he say? >> he said that he had heard the gunshots, he was on the second level, the gunshots began on the first level. everyone ran, chaos, pandemonium. he said he found himself near two tsa agents, the gunman on the corner of his eye, he saw him. and that is when he said his right leg went to jello, his leg had been shattered. he collapsed and dragged himself to a nearby closet. exited out of the shin and left a pretty big hole.

he collapsed and went into a nearby closet. and as you said found a sweat shirt in the closet, made a make shift tourniquet out of it, closed the door, and stayed until he was released. >> that is amazing he dragged himself to the closet and applied a tourniquet to his own leg. that is rational thinking at a time like that. is there any idea what his road to recovery will be like? i mean, you said it is a long road. >> he has a long road. he had a second surgery today. i believe they're going to -- i believe today they inserted a titanium rod to help stabilize the leg. the first surgery friday was to put the external stabilizer on the leg to make sure it stayed the right length, and they can either try to bone graft or a titanium rod and i think that is the direction they are going. an excellent p.t. he is a great guy, we can't wait to get him back. >> i know he is a great employee. what is he like as a teacher? >> he is the best. i guess you could say he is a

rock star. he connects with the kids, cares about them. he is the guy who tries to find a way to say yes. he runs our brand-new theaters for us, does an amazing job. the students pow "west side story" last year. doing a big show coming up and he is a big loss for us. but he is healing. he is going in the right direction, so we're sending up prayers and positive energy. >> and you are hoping he comes back to teaching? >> absolutely. he is the kind of guy you want in a class, build a strong relationship with the kids. he is everything that is right about public teaching. >> all right, well, dan, we appreciate you talking to us and give our best to him and his family. tweet us, let us know what you think. next, michelle knight describing 11 years locked inside ariel castro's house of horrors. how she is regaining her freedom. dr. phil joins us next and will show us parts of what she says. and later, the nfl investigating the miami dolphins. reports of teammate on teammate, reports of bullying straight

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were held captive by aerial castro. in august, castro was sentenced to life in prison, he killed himself later, he could not have erased the ordeal he subjected amanda and the others too. this time, michelle describes the time castro immobilized you. >> so he gets you in this room. what did he tie you up with? >> one of those extension cords, i was tied up like a fish, an ornament on the wall. the only way i can describe it. i was hanging like this, my feet, i was tied by my neck and arms with the extension cord going like that? >> oh, my god. >> so he tied your hands and feet and also around your neck, and hung you? >> the interview airs tomorrow and wednesday, dr. phil joins us tonight. so dr. phil, it is remarkable

she was able to talk so openly about it. was it easy for her to talk? >> you know, anderson, i was very surprised because i was concerned that she was going to have a difficult time. because like so many others, i was able to see her do her statement in the courtroom. and then a statement that was on youtube. and those really do not tell you who she is. everyone had said in the media that she was intellectually disabled, and i was not at all sure what her ability to talk about it was going to be. when i sat down with her, i found she was intelligent, articulate, and really forthcoming and candid about the things that she had to say. this was a very well spoken young woman. >> we also learned in your interview just how demented castro was.

she talks about him throwing money at her. >> did you fight him at the time? >> i was shocked. >> panic, just froze? >> yeah. and the only thing i can do is cry. begging him let me go back to my son. >> what did you say to him? >> i said please don't do this to me. and he said, again, he can't take me back. and then he throw money at me. >> what was the significance of him throwing money at you? >> he was obsessed with prostitutes. and also he thought i was a 13-year-old prostitute. when he found out my real age, he got mad. > i mean, this was such a sick demented man. >> he not only brutalized michelle physically in terms of raping and beating her, but he also terrorized her emotionally. he would taunt her about no one looking for her. he would play mind games and set up seeming opportunities for her to escape.

a door left unlocked. a chain that was not properly connected. then he would make a show of leaving and sneak back into the house to see if he could catch her trying to escape. and if and when he did, the punishment was swift. it was brutal. and it lasted for days and days at a time. >> there were also periods of time where she would be left all alone. no food, no water, no bathroom for days, right? >> she came out weighing 75 pounds, which was just a little over half of her body weight when she went in. >> emergency call this evening. he is dead. his name was richard shoot. resides in new jersey. his body was discovered at approximately 3:20 a.m. this this morning in a back area of the mall, very deep into an area that was under construction. it took, as you know, all night for over 500 s.w.a.t. and law

enforcement officers here to search this large structure. mr. shoop arrived at the mall approximately after 9:00 tonight and around 9:20 this evening, entered the open mall area and by open mall, i mean he was not inside a retail store, he was in a mall area. he took out a sig type of weapon to modified to look like an ak-37. it was his brother's and he stole it sometime this evening and came to the mall and fired what is at least six rounds at random, striking several different locations in the mall. it caused, of course, a bit of panic. thousands of people began to run out of the mall as law enforcement officers arrived. there was an emergency evacuation of the mall.

at that time, a lockdown occurred. we estimate, this is a very, very early estimation, at least 400 patrons were locked into whatever store they were in at the time when the mall was shut down. locked down procedures and s.w.a.t. took over. protocols were established where the individuals were left where they were into the locked areas and then we began a very long and very thorough and very tedious process conducted by law enforcement members from throughout the county, including port authority, fbi, new jersey state police, newark police, the s.w.a.t. units did a great job. it is such a large area and, of course, we only discovered mr. shoop's product a short time ago. there was no one that was injured in this incident. there was no individual that was struck by anything, other than mr. shoop taking his own life

with a weapon that he used to do the firing inside the mall. there doesn't appear to be anyone else that was injured. a lot of frightened people that were here tonight, but law enforcement did an absolute fabulous job, particularly the s.w.a.t. units, who had to comb through 2.2 million square feet of floor space. he did drive here. we have his vehicle. it's being processed now. the scene is being processed in accordance with normal law enforcement procedures and, of course, i should say that we were working with the owners of westfield throughout the night. they were very cooperative and i know all of you a aware that the mall is already closed tomorrow. i'd like to call upon the instant commander for the last few hours here and that is the chief. chief? >> good morning. >> please proceed up to the

microphone. >> good morning. it's chief kenneth ehrenberg, paramus police department. at approximately 9:20 tonight, my 9:00 center started receiving calls with a man with a weapon firing shots within the plaza. my patrol units and detective units responded immediately with the assistance of surrounding neighborhood communities. my officers entered the mall plmed lmed. they didn't wait. they went in here and trained and active shooters and used the active shooter protocols here. went in. we believe at that time the shooter, for what jvever reason instead of staying and fighting fled deeper into the mall. the officer said the mall is 2.5 million feet and it's corridor after corridor after basement after subbasement. on the search here, one of the s.w.a.t. teams here as we

progressed through the night was able to locate the victim in a back room with self-inflicting gunshot wounds. at this point we are still doing a secondary search on the stories. many stores have lockdown procedures and they have locked themselves in the story and we need to go store-by-store to get these people out of -- to get them out and let them know everything is safe here. that is an ongoing operation and will probably continue for the rest of the night and i'd like to thank the burton county proper's officer and police and new jersey police and my surrounding local communities and all of the assistance that was required for this major undertaking this morning. >> was there a suicide note, sir? >> we want to bring you up-to-date what is going on here. this is basically a press conference held by authorities in new jersey. the police department and the prosecutor there. this after a shooting at the westfield garden state shopping mall. the only victim in this was the gunman himself and he was

discovered deep into the mall. he moved further moo the mall once he had come in. he had driven to the mall and according to the authorities fired six rounds. obviously, this caused terror and panic and chaos in the mall. 400 people apparently barricaded themselves in shops and were in lockdown. this is ongoing. the police are still going store to store and letting people know everything is okay. i have to repeat. no injuries apart from the one victim, the gunman himself, he took his own life and he was discovered deep in a back room of the mall but that search still going on of the mall to let those people know that everything is okay and that can now come out. now they are just doing questions and answers in that press conference. we will leave it there, though, for the time being. stay with us. we will be right back after the break. >> this is cnn breaking news.

made allegations of player misconduct. in a statement the team acknowledged martin's allegations but didn't identify incognito as a target of the report. more now from randy kaye.

>> reporter: call it the $4.8 million mystery, that is potentially the amount of money, this man, jonathan martin walked away from when he quickly quit the miami dolphins. why did he do it? speculation centers around this man, his teammate. according to multiple news reports, including those from espn and nfl.com, richie incognito allegedly left a voice mail after he was drafted. the voice mail was filled with expletived. in this voice mail, martin is called an expletive and he called martin names. a voice told martin he wants to slap his expletive mouth and slap his real mother across the face. the message reportedly tells martin he is still a rookie, and then before hanging up, the caller says, i'll kill you. the miami dolphins suspended richie incognito indefinitely,

explaining the conduct was detrimental to the team. following reports of him bullying his teammate, incognito who was named last year by "the sporting news" as the league's second dirtiest player, took to twitter to defend himself in a story by espn. in one report, he says, shame on you to attaching my name to false speculation. i won't be holding my breath for an apology. and a few minutes later, this one aimed at several sports networks, i want my name cleared. clearing his name may not be so easy. ig incognito will have to explain if he had anything to do with martin suddenly leaving the team last weekend. was it really about moved tables with martin trying to join them, or was there something else going on? espn reports that martin has not filed a formal complaint, because of fear from

retribution, primarily from incognito. martin reportedly paid $15,000 to incognito to fund a trip for players, fearing the consequences if he didn't hand over the money. it all seems to be a part of a bigger issue, hazing. this clip from hbo's documentary, "hard knocks," shows what some younger players are put through. former atlanta falcons player jamaal anderson told cnn, hazing is practically a rite of passage. >> most levels in football, it happens on every level. it is harmless, most of the time it is harmless. >> reporter: martin may not have had to deal with anything like this, but when he left the team last week, he reportedly sought mental health counseling, and expressed a desire to spend time with his family. cnn is working to confirm media reports on this family. but calls to martin, incognito and their representatives have not been confirmed.

the dolphins head coach downplayed any misconduct at a latest press conference. >> i want you to know in all of my discussions with jonathan and his family, i want you to know at no time were there allegations of misconduct by any members of this team or this organization. >> reporter: although it is unclear if or when he may return to the team, the dolphins have expressed their full support for jonathan martin. but with richie incognito suspension, his future with the team is less clear. randy kaye, cnn, new york. >> a lot more happening. isha is here with a "ac360" bulletin. >> and there is other football news to tell you about, houston texans head coach gary kubiak is still in the hospital. he collapsed on the field last night during a game with the colts. the obama administration is concerned that once the website is fully functioning, some consumers may be angry about the limited insurance policies

available to them, and in some cases, higher cost, according to an administration document obtained by cnn. tonight, the president talked about the website. >> there have been some tough parts, let's face it. you know, the truth of the matter is is that while ultimately healthcare.gov, the website, is going to be the easiest place to shop for and buy these new plans, and it is getting faster and more stable. it is not where it needs to be yet. and a referendum to split colorado in two is on the ballot in 11 counties in the northern part of the state. many say they feel that state government favors urban goverts governments over them. even if the referendum passes, secession is highly unlikely. and scientists believe that king tut, the egyptian king who died at the age of 19, was hit by a chariot and killed. they say his injuries included shattered ribs and pelvis. >> interesting, thank you.

still ahead. a how are you new look at the nped's controversial stop and frisk policy in question. >> what am i getting arrested for? >> for being a [ bleep ]. >> what am i being arrested for? and also ahead, a shocking rape and allegations of cover-up by some of the country's top universities.

hey, welcome back, tonight on "ac360" later, a panel is with us, we're devoting the whole hour to focus on topics like "stand your ground,"

and other situations like african-americans arrested while shopping in department stores. there have been a number of cases here in new york. well, let's look at new york's controversial policy, stop-and-frisk, opponents say it unfairly targets latinos and african-americans, we'll hear arguments from both sides later. but first, i want to play you a recorded message on a cell phone of a harlem teenager who was stopped. i want to warn you, some of the language is graphic. >> you again? >> i just got stopped two blocks ago. >> you look very suspicious. >> because you're always looking at me very crazy. >> why do you look back at us? >> because you look at me crazy, always. >> my job, my man. >> listen to me, listen to me, our job is to look at suspicious behavior, when you keep looking at us and looking back. >> because i just got stopped two blocks away. >> because you keep doing that [ bleep ] man, when you walk down the block with your hood up and you keep looking back at us like that.

[ bleep ] >> i had my hoodie up. it was cold. you going to smack me, you going to smack me, you asked me why i had a hoodie on -- you asked me why i had a [ bleep ] on. why are you touching me for? >> that clip is contained in a film called "the hunted and the hated," which is online, the filmmaker will join us later. but right now, let's talk about stop and frisk. charles blow, senior political commentator, what do you make of the recording? what stands out to you? >> two things, the fact he was recording, sounds like he was trying to deliberately walk past and -- may have done some behavior to cause the police to take a look at him. and especially, since he said he just got stopped two blocks back.

and you again, is the way they encounter -- that part is fine. obviously, the escalation and the dialogue of him asking a question and being threatened to be smacked is completely inappropriate in that regard. >> right. charles, what do you make when you hear that? what does that tell you? >> well, i think one important thing that it illuminates for a lot of people is the nature of what a stop-and-frisk is. i think a lot of people think it is kind of an officer-friendly, where are you going? where are you on your way to? put your hands up. i need to stop you -- i mean i need to frisk you, and thank you and you're on that way. it is not always that kind of very friendly, sort of interaction. it is sometimes very fraught. and i heard another man part of

the suit giving his description of it. his description of it was very inva invasive, very violent. no one is explaining anything to him. at least the cops are trying to say the reason we are stopping you is because of x, y or z, that is not what he got. the extent of the frisking was something that even shocked me. the parts of his body they're putting their hands on. when they're finished they don't even say you can now get up and leave. they just walk back to their car and drive away. i mean, i think the kind of emotional scars that can have on people, particularly if nine out of ten people who are stopped and frisked are never charged, never get a summons, what is that doing to hundreds of thousands of young men long term? >> and not only long term, but long term on fighting crime. >> on fighting crime.

one recent study reported to me, they were just trying to look at what the effects are. what they were. this is kind of new research. they're finding people who are subjected to stop-and-frisk, who were not charged, were not doing anything wrong, were less likely to call the police when they were actually the victims of crime, when they needed the truth. >> do you think that is true, kevin, because there is such a problem with people not reporting or testifying, not coming to police when they have witnessed a crime, do you think this kind of adds to that suspicion of police, the dislike of police that has ramifications? >> absolutely. nobody -- why come to your house if i'm going to be treated badly? and i agree with that. you know, the issue with stop in question, or stop-and-frisk now as it is referred to, it is -- numbers driven now the way the micro-management of these numbers have taken over. so where you needed to have an

accountability, whether the cops had to write summonses in an area that was not prone to violations, they were still having to write summonses. it was almost as if there was a notification, i didn't have to pat you down or frisk you. >> so the nature has changed -- >> absolutely. and, frankly, back in the '80s and '90s when we would do a 250, the uf-250 is what the form was in the police department. you would just write a sdrips. description. sometimes they didn't want to tell you a name. you just wrote a description of tell you a name. you just wrote a description of the clothing. it was mostly driven by a patent analysis of a particular time of crime, a robbery or sex case. you know, you have sex offenses going on in certain sections of the city. and they put out the notifications and wanted

posters. and the person may not necessarily be armed. so you're looking for the behavior on the street and if you're going to have an encounter with somebody, it is documented because you don't know if you're grabbing the guy at the time. >> and i want to play you -- there is threat in violence in this issue. there is not just a threat of shakedown, listen to the audio reorganized here. >> shut your [ bleep ] mouth. >> you're asking the questions? >> i was -- respect. that is about -- >> you always stop me for no reason, why are you pushing me? [ bleep ] for what? [ bleep ]. >> for what? >> i'm going -- >> you're going to drop me on my face? >> don't got a phone. >> the traffic -- >> don't touch me, okay, he is a [ bleep ] why you -- >> does -- does stop-and-frisk actually work in stopping crime? does it work? >> i can tell you from interviews with defendants after

arrests, yeah, it is something that is in their minds, as well, when they're out. whether it is for committing robberies or other types of offenses, it is something that they're cognizant of. >> do you think if it stopped in new york or altered in new york significantly that crime would go up? >> yeah, listen, my personal opinion is you create an environment where the police become afraid to be involved. and become a statistician. you then respond to a 911 job, there is no proactive police reporting, you take a file, it gets filed. somebody looks down the road at it, to investigate it. where the street encounter or arrest is really -- if you call 911, do you want somebody to wait five minutes before they come and take a report and send you on your way? >> you're saying the police are more cautious -- >> absolutely. >> here is the problem with that. no one is saying get rid of stop-and-frisk, i think it can be an effective tool. we shouldn't take it away from police, but it should be a reasonable suspicion that you

are operating on. one thing that came out years ago, whites who were stopped and frisked we frisked more likely to be carrying guns. the truth of it may sound odd, but it is because they were stopped for a cause, not because they were white. the success rate of the suspicion was higher. >> we're going to have more with charles in our 10:00, i appreciate you being on. we'll continue the conversations an hour from now, during a special edition of "ac360," stop and frisk, stand your ground law. america's struggle for racial equality, if we're succeeding. i hope you'll join us for that at 10:00. >> up next, crime and punishment. is there a cover-up going on with the vanderbilt rape case, four are charged. whether the star quarterback helped move the alleged victim.

gary tuchman gets some answers tonight. i'm only in my 60's.

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vanderbilt university football program. four have been charged with the sexual battery and rape back in june, all four were kicked off the team and suspended from school and all pleaded not guilty and are all out on bond. but there was current information that the quarterback was actually there, too, and helped to move the victim. a lot of secrecy surrounding this case. gary tuchman did some digging and here is more. >> i think everybody would agree that there were crimes that were committed in the room that night, yes. >> with this victim? >> yes, with this young lady. yes. >> morrick robinson is an attorney for a young man named corey beatty, a football player for a university in nashville, tennessee. along with three others he was accused of raping a female student in the dorm room. beatty and the other three all

faced the possibility of up to 25 years in prison. attorneys involved in the case say the victim was dating vandenburg, a highly sought off recruit who allegedly videotaped what happened. all four had never played in a vanderbilt game and they all pleaded not guilty. but batey will be open to a plea bargain. >> you acknowledge your client has culpability in this case? >> he does, yes. >> reporter: there was also a fifth vanderbilt football player, chris boyd, who was charged with the lesser crime of trying to cover up the rape. >> guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> reporter: it was at this court hearing that the shocked community got another shock. the district attorney wrote a current note, saying that the quarterback, samuels, helped to move the unconscious victim out of the hallway after the attack. then, to everyone's surprise, the prosecutor said that what boyd texted about the

quarterback was a mistake and offered no explanation why. it was a bombshell, and had a lot of people in the city wondering if there was a cover-up to protect the reputation of the team's star player. i talked to the prosecutor about his actions in court. you testified that was his text. >> that was his text. >> reporter: so did the quarterback help to move the victim? >> that was his text, yes. >> reporter: so did the quarterback help to move the victim? >> no, at least the police investigation indicated he was not present when the victim was moved. >> reporter: so did chris boyd lie then? >> in the text, content an incorrect text, that is correct. >> reporter: and why would he do that? he knows who the quarterback is. >> i can't comment on that. >> reporter: do you know the answer? >> i think i know the answer. >> reporter: so there was a motivation he had, not to tell the truth. >> well, again, that will come out at trial. >> reporter: so what is that all about? the prosecutor says moving a woman from the hallway into a room is not a crime in any way. but if the quarterback was

involved in any way, it could be a bigger scandal that hurts an increasing successful football program. there is no protecting the quarterback from this office? >> no, i don't know what we're protecting him from. >>. >> reporter: you're not the offensive line? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: the lack of public information in this case has been criticized. a columnist wrote was the starting quarterback there before, during or after? it is a yes or no question, but the prosecutors are playing a championship game of dodge ball. brian haas reports for the paper. >> i think that the secrecy certainly not helping public perception in this issue. if they're trying to build confidence from the public that they're handling this properly, the secrecy has not been helping them. especially because they have been unwilling to clarify issues. >> reporter: the prosecutor says it is an insult to his integrity to suggest his office is participating in a cover-up. so you're saying that no

matter what the criminal case is, you would release as little evidence in that case as you are in this case? that is your policy? >> that is our policy, yes. >> reporter: samuels turned down a request for an interview. the administration didn't want to talk on camera. they told us their thoughts from the outset have been with the victim and family. we continue to offer her all the services and support. what is clear about this case, there is plenty of video, video shot in the room, and surveillance video from the hallway. is it fair to say you're sure the quarterback was not there because there is video of this incident? >> that is fair to say. >> reporter: what is also fair to say is that the quarterback is on the prosecution witness list for the trial of the case. prosecutors are not saying specifically why. gary tuckman, cnn, nashville, tennessee. >> we will continue to follow up on this. let's get caught up with more stories from isha. >> central connecticut state university was on lockdown several hours today after

several people reportedly seeing a man with a gun. the campus police say they're looking at whether it was a student wearing a halloween costume that included a sword-like object. a student was arrested and charged with breach of peace. and a new york firefighter rescuing a student stuck between two buildings for nearly two days. it took 90 minutes to free the sophomore after breaking through three layers of cinder block. the student is in fair condition, it is not clear how he got stuck. and in northern wisconsin, two sky diving planes collided. one broke in pieces in mid air. the other pilot landed the second plane. in mid-air, amazingly, everyone survived. all nine jumpers made it to safety, including the pilot. amazing, isha, we'll be right back.

time now for the ridiculous list. in the town of picayune, they wondered what it was. the residents have another description for this creature. >> if a zombie had a dog, it would look like that. >> one neighbor thought it looked like a hairless coyote. >> i kept looking it up, we then ran back and forth to the car, because we didn't want it to get us. >> has the legendary animal taken up residence in mississippi or perhaps another explanation? >> we came out here, i could see it running over there. i said look, daddy, that is over there. he said that the is not a

coyote. it is a squatch dog. >> i get what a zombie is, i know about what the goat sucker is, but what is a squatch dog? is that a dog that barks, who is the product of a love affair between a sasquatch and a dog? if that is the case, it is pretty far from home. we have proof that big foot is alive. and lives in california. we know this for weeks now. big foot is playing tricks on a guy named ken. >> he yelped, whoop, whoop, and after about five minutes of that, it was two or three minutes that came from here, and then like a few days later, they took my couch, dropped it and dragged it 20 feet toward the house. >> his couch was outside the house, and big foot was driving the couch toward the house? what was the couch doing outside? so many questions that ken

raises, he says that big foot has also moved the wood piles and thrown rocks over his head. now, look, i'm certainly no psychologist or psychiatrist, but it sounds like big foot is irritated because he is all the way out in california, while his dog is 2500 miles away in mississippi. or maybe this is another type of squatch dog. let's her fra from the department of fisheries. >> the way they described it to of fisheries. >> the way they described it tof fisheries. >> the way they described it to me. it is a coyote, really bad off with the mange. >> oh, dear, the mange. the woman who took the video and says if this is an animal in distress, she wants to help. you can't really approach him. if he is a coyote bad off with the mange, you probably should not approach him anyway. >> it is probably sick, weak, not able to hunt on its own, so it is going to the nearest food source they can find. >> they need to be aware, to

leave them alone and stay away from it and let nature take its course. >> i'm kind of sad actually, for our purposes, let's just say he is indeed the chip a cot you. he is a big dog on "the ridiculist." thanks for watching. "early start" starts now. >> a boom. another boom. a last boom after that, after the second one, and then glass, glass everywhere. >> terror in a suburban new jersey mall as a gunman walks in and opens fire. another term for new jersey governor chris christie. we will take a look at the notable races across the country. the man on the miami dolphins says he is the one to blame that led to the environment of one player leaving the team over alleged